Derek Dooley Helps Out At Defensive End
by Joel Hollingsworth on Aug 7, 2010 10:54 AM EDT
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Print- Who needs Red Bull? Derek Dooley, when he starts feeling tired, gets into the action:
Dooley played pass-rushing defensive end, even deflecting a pass or two. Earlier he dropped and did 20 push-ups during drills. "When he feels like it's hot and his mind is breaking down," said Poole, "he feels he has to do something to pump up. So I'm like, 'OK.' He's probably done it [before], but it's the first time I've seen it."
- Tauren Poole was one of several teammates trying to talk Bryce Brown into sticking around.
- Freshman RB Rajion Neal has been practicing in the early sessions (duplicate link) with the upperclassmen, partly because David Oku has a chemistry class at that time. Neal and OT Ja'Wuan James are the only underclassmen to have that privilege.
- Speaking of Red Bull, that comment that Ed Orgeron made to former USC defensive end Malik Jackson when Jackson told him he was transferring to Tennessee? Pretty much what you figured it was ($):
"He just said it wasn’t going to be a good choice for me," Jackson said."He said I wasn’t going to play here. He said, 'I recruited those guys, they are way better,' but, whatever, I knew it wasn’t going to be a cakewalk especially in the SEC."
Hmm. Somebody get this message to USC's current defensive ends. Jackson apparently had a much better chance to play at USC because Jackson was better than them, although he's not better than the DEs at Tennessee. Ergo, UT's DEs are better, and Orgeron's not too high on his current roster. That about sum it up? ;-)
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And for posterity's sake
check out what happened three plays later
Thanks Dan, made my Saturday much more enjoyable.
by Will Shelton on Aug 7, 2010 12:25 PM EDT up reply actions
Dooley is really starting to grow on me
This reminds me of when Pearl showed up and started running with the team at 6 AM. I’m willing to bet that this has to have a positive impact in the locker room.
You can take the boy out of Tennessee, but you can't take make him stop wearing Orange.
Don't get me started on Steve Taneyhill.
I was in Sanford Stadium when that little punk danced a jig at midfield after throwing a touchdown pass. I guess, since his team had just scored a touchdown against my team for the first time in four years, it was kind of a big deal, but the guy was a punk.
There’s actually some very good science behind Derek Dooley’s decision to get physically active when he feels “his mind is breaking down.” As Barbara Strauch chronicles in The Secret Life of the Grown-Up Brain, the middle-aged mind tends to go into default mode (daydreaming and suchlike) more easily than the teenaged or twentysomething mind, and aerobic activity gets the blood flowing not only through the body, but to the brain, as well. It improves concentration, both in the moment and over the long haul.
It had danged well better, at any rate, or those fifteen minutes on the elliptical every morning are just a waste of my time. Anyway, what Coach Dooley is doing is probably a good coaching strategy, and it certainly is a scientifically sound approach to taking full advantage of his mental abilities. To put it politely, “taking full advantage of his mental abilities” is not something of which anyone ever accused Lane Kiffin.
Go 'Dawgs!
...nor Fulmer
Sorry, had to be said.
You can take the boy out of Tennessee, but you can't take make him stop wearing Orange.
by kingofzachland on Aug 8, 2010 12:35 AM EDT up reply actions
I don't know
It seemed to me like many times the problem with CPF was that he was overthinking things. I think he’d’ve been better served sometimes by not thinking and going with his gut (pun not intended but appreciated).
I'm not saying Fulmer was dumb
Just that no one would accuse him of being a genius, either. And yes, pun appreciated!
You can take the boy out of Tennessee, but you can't take make him stop wearing Orange.
by kingofzachland on Aug 8, 2010 10:09 AM EDT up reply actions
Is player-coach an option for Dooley?
Dooley played pass-rushing defensive end, even deflecting a pass or two.
Another Achilles and you may not think that idea is quite so stupid…. ;)
The COEXIST bumper sticker is ridiculous. How are people supposed to get along when one side is flying planes into tall buildings or wearing sweater vests full of C4 and nails? The faiths are MUTUALLY EXCLUSIVE.
Not to sound cruel, but if another DE hurts an Achilles,
It better be Dooley.
by David Hooper on Aug 8, 2010 11:01 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions
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